diff --git a/menu/drivers/glui.c b/menu/drivers/glui.c
index 70baabf65b..515b134901 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/glui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/glui.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static void glui_render_menu_list(glui_handle_t *glui,
    menu_display_t *disp    = menu_display_get_ptr();
    menu_navigation_t *nav  = menu_navigation_get_ptr();
 
-   if (!menu_display_update_pending())
+   if (!menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_UPDATE_PENDING, NULL))
       return;
 
    glui->list_block.carr.coords.vertices = 0;
diff --git a/menu/drivers/rgui.c b/menu/drivers/rgui.c
index 3d8738c052..34ffe3d5db 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/rgui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/rgui.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static void rgui_render(void)
       if (rarch_main_is_idle())
          return;
 
-      if (!menu_display_update_pending())
+      if (!menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_UPDATE_PENDING, NULL))
          return;
    }
 
diff --git a/menu/menu_display.c b/menu/menu_display.c
index 02fcc58fe1..281570312f 100644
--- a/menu/menu_display.c
+++ b/menu/menu_display.c
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ void menu_display_libretro(void)
    video_driver_cached_frame();
 }
 
-bool menu_display_update_pending(void)
-{
-   menu_animation_t     *anim = menu_animation_get_ptr();
-   menu_framebuf_t *frame_buf = menu_display_fb_get_ptr();
-
-   if (menu_animation_is_active(anim) || (frame_buf && frame_buf->dirty))
-      return true;
-   return false;
-}
 
 static void menu_display_fb_free(menu_framebuf_t *frame_buf)
 {
@@ -227,6 +218,14 @@ bool menu_display_ctl(enum menu_display_ctl_state state, void *data)
 
    switch (state)
    {
+      case MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_UPDATE_PENDING:
+         {
+            menu_animation_t     *anim = menu_animation_get_ptr();
+
+            if (menu_animation_is_active(anim) || (frame_buf && frame_buf->dirty))
+               return true;
+         }
+         return false;
       case MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_SET_VIEWPORT:
          video_driver_get_size(&width, &height);
          video_driver_set_viewport(width,
diff --git a/menu/menu_display.h b/menu/menu_display.h
index 36683dc64e..8a48d9a397 100644
--- a/menu/menu_display.h
+++ b/menu/menu_display.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ enum menu_display_ctl_state
    MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_UNSET_VIEWPORT,
    MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_SET_FRAMEBUFFER_DIRTY_FLAG,
    MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_UNSET_FRAMEBUFFER_DIRTY_FLAG,
-   MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_GET_DPI
+   MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_GET_DPI,
+   MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_UPDATE_PENDING
 };
 
 typedef struct menu_framebuf
@@ -78,8 +79,6 @@ void menu_display_free(void *data);
 
 bool menu_display_init(void *data);
 
-bool menu_display_update_pending(void);
-
 bool menu_display_font_init_first(const void **font_driver,
       void **font_handle, void *video_data, const char *font_path,
       float font_size);
diff --git a/menu/menu_iterate.c b/menu/menu_iterate.c
index 9a76a54361..f731a10cc3 100644
--- a/menu/menu_iterate.c
+++ b/menu/menu_iterate.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ int menu_iterate(bool render_this_frame, unsigned action)
    
    iterate_type              = action_iterate_type(hash);
 
-   if (action != MENU_ACTION_NOOP || menu_entries_needs_refresh() || menu_display_update_pending())
+   if (action != MENU_ACTION_NOOP || menu_entries_needs_refresh() || menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_UPDATE_PENDING, NULL))
    {
       if (render_this_frame)
          BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_RENDER_FRAMEBUFFER);